“ @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, a professor of public policy at Cardiff University, said that even so, there was no certainty that collaboration between the three parties at UK level would run smoothly or that Plaid Cymru, the SNP or Sinn Féin would enjoy success domestically.” 👇 #Wales #Cymru

🚨New Pod drop🚨 - Our latest pod has just dropped in the feeds and on YouTube. @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren & Lee discuss the Labour Party Manifesto's content and credibility, the scope for coalition, and the Greens' prospects. #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru youtu.be/Rnwh--hx9ss

🚨NEW POD🚨 Lauren, Lee, and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social speak to the former Head of the First Minister's office Des Clifford about the challenges for the next govt, working with the Westminster Govt and the state of the civil service. #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26

If you’re in Cardiff, you know where to be this Thursday! (Hint: at the Pierhead, having pre-registered for this Wales Governance Centre event.)

From our latest pod, where we debate the challenges that will face any party leading government after the Senedd election in May, including the funding and quality challenges in delivering public services. Pod link below. #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

"Things are sh*t, and they're going to stay sh*t" From our latest pod, it's fair to say that Lee isn't impressed with the content of the manifestos and other pledges released by the parties at the start of the unofficial campaign for the Welsh Parliament in May 2026. #Senedd26 #wales #cymru

🚨NEW POD🚨 After a busy week of political news, pledges, manifesto launches, governing plans, and, yes, a Wales-centric espionage story (ikr), Lauren , @lauramcallister30.bsky.social and Lee debate the latest from the campaigns for #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru youtu.be/6MiNZFku9DU

🚨 NEW POD🚨 Will Wales come out to vote in May? @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren, and Lee debate whether this year the Senedd election turnout will break 50% for the first time and what factors will be at play in getting people to vote at #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru youtu.be/xlYTfB5lpnk

Ahhh... hope this isn't too soon for everyone! Our latest pod is in the feeds now and looks at the off-field woes of the WRU and other Welsh institutions and why our parliaments have such patchy quality of scrutiny. #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 #WALvFRA youtu.be/uHEyiq65_Aw

In our latest pod, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren, and Lee explore why the relationship between Welsh Labour and UK Labour is like a puppy and its master and why a Wales Office firing wouldn't matter... pod link below 👇 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

🚨NEW POD🚨 With the Senedd campaign well underway @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren & Lee tackle some audience questions about what comes next. How will Reform MSs perform in the Siambr and what happens if the FM loses her seat? In your podcast app and on YouTube now! #Senedd26 #Wales #cymru

🚨 NEW POD🚨 out now! Lauren, Lee, and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social debate the start of the Senedd campaign 100 days out from the election. Which parties have pull factors, which have push factors, & which are pulling themselves apart? #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru youtu.be/I-mwyO0ugDI

From our latest episode, Lee, Lauren, and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social debate the future of policing as UK Govt announces that it plans to scrap PCCs in England and Wales and give powers to English mayors. But what will happen in Wales? #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

**NEW POD ALERT** As UK Gov prepare to replace PCCs and reduce police forces in Wales and England, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt & Lee Waters MS debate the inevitable question about whether now is the time to devolve policing & justice to Wales. #Senedd26 👇 youtu.be/9QQzOKQu-RI

We're recording another Q & A pod soon, please send us your Welsh Politics questions for Lee, Lauren, and Laura! (No more Nathan Gill ones, please!) #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26

*NEW POD ALERT* @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters tackle arguably the biggest issue for Welsh Government and devolution in Wales - money (and the politics of budgets, taxes, and the power of the UK Treasury). #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 youtu.be/CHyWjZrDaSY

Our latest pod is in the feeds and on YouTube. In the first of our explainer pods, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social is joined by @edgarethpoole.bsky.social of @walesgovernance.bsky.social as we grapple with the national finances, how we have the system we do and how it could be better. #Senedd26

Our final pod of the year is now in the feeds! We discuss the UK's unwillingness to be a 'normal' federal country, and the potential risks for Plaid Cymru of being too close to the SNP after May, when both parties look set to lead in Wales & Scotland: youtu.be/LbnBlnpWyfo

One of our audience questions started by describing Welsh politics as 'horribly male' and asked if that would change after May's election. Is it? And will it? Our hosts @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lee & Lauren discuss... (link below and in your podcast apps/YouTube) #Senedd26 #Wales #cymru

We weren't expecting this question! Inspired by the convicted former Reform leader in Wales, our hosts answer "If you had to be a paid agent of a foreign government like Nathan Gill, which would it be? #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 #NathanGill Full pod linked below 👇

Our latest pod is in the feeds! @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren, & Lee tackle 'horribly male' politics, the 'consensual politics' of Cardiff Bay, and inspired by former Senedd member Nathan Gill, express preferences of which countries would offer the best bribes... youtu.be/wnlWwGyye_o

Our latest Welsh Politics Q & A pod is now hitting the feeds. @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters MS discuss the reasons for parachuting candidates into constituencies like Cardiff West and Swansea West, and discuss north-south Wales links: youtu.be/YkzRcs5jnBI

Why wasn't there a Welsh Covid Inquiry? @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren, and Lee pick up the debate about what we have learned about Welsh handling of the Covid pandemic in our first Q & A pod. The full pod is in all the podcast apps and on YouTube (link below) #Senedd26 #Wales #cymru

Our first Q & A pod - The Covid Inquiry That Never Was - is now in your podcast feeds and on YouTube. #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26 youtu.be/MITKUY_upZM?...

Well, it's been awfully quiet around here these last few weeks, hasn't it? (Apols, RM!) Fear not, our series of Q & A pods arrives in the feeds today, starting with a biggie - 'Why wasn't there a Wales-specific Covid Inquiry?' With @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lee Waters, and Lauren McEvatt

We're going to be recording our next set of pods soon and will be doing a Q & A pod with audience questions. If you have a question about Welsh politics for @Lauren McEvatt, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , and Lee Waters, send it over!

A snap election on the old voting system AND 60 members? With Welsh Government unable to pass its budget, is a snap election the answer? Could four more years on the old system of 60 members tempt Labour and the Conservatives to do a deal? #senedd26 #Cymru #Wales @lauramcallister30.bsky.social

With so little time between now and #Senedd26, there's very little of substance the UK Labour Party could do to change the context for Welsh Labour's campaign next Spring. So, learning from Harold Wilson, should he consider replacing a Welsh Secretary considered to be unpopular? #Wales #Cymru

The first of our episodes looking at the consequences of the #Caerphilly byelection result's effect on the Welsh Government's remaining term, legislative programme, and budget, as well as the internal considerations for UK Labour and the Conservatives: youtu.be/zX3VQRf5P2Y

Will things change if we have a Welsh Govt led by Plaid Cymru or Reform UK? In our latest pod we discuss what would change in the relationship between national and union governments following the 2026 election if Labour isn't leading the one in Wales. #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

Why is Wales's voice in the union so weak? Lauren thinks that Wales would leave the United Kingdom before Scotland, Lee outlines why Wales has no leverage over funding decisions inside the UK Treasury. All part of the discussions in our latest pod! 1/2 #cymru #wales #senedd26

Is Whitehall pushing Wales towards nationalism? We discuss the working/not working relationship between Welsh and UK Governments in our latest pod with @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS #Cymru #Wales #senedd26

NEW POD: Our latest pod is now out on all podcast apps and YouTube 👇 @lauramcallister30.bsky.social , Lauren, and Lee look at how the parties are choosing their candidates for #Senedd26 and what the candidates need to be braced for in the selection contests and the election. a youtu.be/zgeNtALQvlc

Former First Minister Mark Drakeford believes the new voting system that his government introduced for the Welsh Parliament 'guarantees' a progressive government after May's election. Here he explains why: #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales

My take on the Caerffili by-election and the political state of play six months from the Senedd election: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-op...

Ahead of our next episode about candidate selection, this clip from the Fifth Floor / @walesgovernance.bsky.social event about the beneath-the-surface workings of Welsh Government features former Education Minister Kirsty Williams questioning whether the right people can, and do, enter politics:

Penodau newydd ar y ffordd - New episodes on the way soon!

Where did the Senedd's closed list system come from? Lauren McEvatt and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social ask Lee Waters MS to explain why the Labour Party proposed a system that nobody seems to really want. #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26

Our latest pod 'Why do we have a new Senedd voting system that no-one wanted?' is now on all the podcast feeds, where @lauramcallister30.bsky.social, Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS discuss the new voting system for #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru Also on YouTube! 👇 youtu.be/91MyTLRa0iE

Our next pod takes apart the Senedd reform package which sees expansion to 96 members and a new - and universally unpopular - voting system. So why are the Welsh Conservatives talking about numbers? Lauren, Lee and @lauramcallister30.bsky.social have different takes! #Senedd26 #Cymru #Wales

Will the 'Grand Coalition' win, whoever loses in the Welsh Parliament eleciton? If Labour's slump in the polls is translates to votes and Reform continue to be the insurgent party, who could form a government? #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru The full pod is here: youtu.be/t1L_E_9yP3s?...

"My mother always says that Farage has two principal difficulties..." From our first podcast 'Is Welsh Politics on the Cusp of Chaos?' Lauren shares some top family insight about the leader of Reform UK.

Our first pod is hitting the feeds! Links below 👇 In this show we set the scene for what is going to be a turbulent few months in Wales as the Welsh Govt faces a serious budget headache and then Welsh Labour face a slump in the polls with Plaid Cymru and Reform battling it to 'win' #Senedd26 #Wales

A taste of what's to come from The Welsh Politics Pod. Our first full-length pod will arrive in the feeds on Friday - subscribe! #Cymru #Wales #Senedd26

Here's our trailer for the pod with @lauramcallister30.bsky.social of @walesgovernance.bsky.social , Lauren McEvatt, and Lee Waters MS 👇